The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-18

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.No: that was not the day Tor cir e
brlls or bears. Something worse.
| "IiOnsy'
NO. sir Worse than lions"
"Tigers then
"Worse than TIGERS.
Il didn't think there was anyth ns
worse than tigers Elephants
oh ever so much worse than ele-
plants. Listen and hold your breath.
| That great building WAS full Of little boys.
/ Yes. sir Think Of that"
"Are the boys in Amsters very badt
"Bad2 Aren't they bad all the word
over But those boys were awful When
your innocent father went there they gave
one terrifying whoop and went for him.
They stove in his hat. they tore his coat;
J there were n thousand boys, more or less,
on his shoulders most OF the time, and
when your honored parent got outside
YOU wouldn't have known him. lie was
the worst used ND pareat you ever saw.
what did those boys do that f0r'
Didn't they know you had little 10y at
| hOmey'
MY son, they didn't stop 10 make any
| inquiries They seemed 90 want no par
ticuars about my family II was me
they wanted al that moment. dnd they
got me. -
Il think that was dreadful 90
II quite agreed with you ut Tint mo-
ment You see this was how 10 was;
There is one day in the year when all the
little boys Of Amsterdam have the run Of
the exchange II a grown uD man Goes
in that day they have picnic with him.
The doorkeeper knew all about b. but
Your poor papa didn't. though he noticed
.he doorman grin when De went in.
HE was bad man.
"Ilc was. indeed but 90 make mp TO- 10
ne told your papa an about why The boys
were there. and so that kind of made up
for IT, The guide book says that .n 1920.
some few years before You came to This
country, the boys OF the town discovered
a plot Of the Spaniards 10 take the city Of
Amsterdam, and since that time the
children are allowed 10 play for week in
the exchange. But like better thc story
the old man told me 10 was about o
little boy who was the hero Of -
Not the hero Of HARLEM. papa
"What about him.
oh that little boy Nou know lie
staid up all night and didn't len The water
run into the town till his arm achci
Don't You remember
Didn't | say this was a new story
You are trying 10 work OF that old one
on me-"
Then it isn't that one, " with a sigh Of
rslicf
NO, that danger is past This is an
entirely fresh one. The little boy was one
day playing under bridge There are
lots Of bridges in Amsterdam lie heard
two men on "A barge tell each other how
next day when the king was 10 cross
that bridge they We're going 10 blow 10 up
You see the barge was fun of Zunpowder.
So the little boy crcpt out and ran and
told bis father and his father went % The
palace and told the king men. and they
went and caught the two men and found
the barge full Of powder. and then iAe
men confessed and told who had given
them the money % do it Then the king
sent for the little boy and Dbl, father
brought him there before al the court
You may De sure the little boy was very
much frightened.
DID they kill him.
"Why. of course not. VIVA, would they
kiil him for
j thought k.n- always killed LITTLE
boy. vhca they caught them
ooh. no. AoG wrong Lne- very much.
They often have it-I. toy- 90 their own.
and. sfr.r .l0 say. Ike them very mach.
And a.. they just like other folk,
little boys
Precisely Tie same They make rhe
king tell stories till his head aches AND tl.e
crown won't lf Well. as J was SAYING
the King heard how this little boy bad
saved his lfe and be pattel the boy ON
the head and told him that lac could have
whatever he asked for.
Then there was an awful, anxious mo-
ment for that boys papa He hoped the
boy would have sense enough 10 ask for
500 900 and q new suit Of clothes. Every
body held their breath 20 hear what tie
boy would ask for Now, what do yct
think il was.
~ rocking horse''
ono"
a locomotive
"No.n
a sleigh What was it,"
lie said he wanted 70 play all day in
the exchange. Then everybody laughed
end his father tore his hair.
The boys hair
40. his own. lie would have liked 20
tear the boys hair, but he remembered
where the switch and the strap were at
home. and thought he would wait a bit
But the king gave the boy lot of money
and said that on that day every year the
big men would have TO 90 fishing or DO
something else and let all the little boys
of Amsterdam jump over the seats Of the
great hall in the exchange.
us that alls'
"An. Isn't that enough
"Yes Tell me another, papa. Luke
sharp in Detroit Free Press
Peasants idea of Emancipation.
The peasantry Of Russia has not yet
fully managed TO understand the meaning
of the law Of emancipation promulgated
by the late car thirty years ago The